Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-11
A RACE ON IRON HORSES.
MaxeY and Reagan Coming to Texas
as Rapidly as Iron Horses can
Bring Them.
The Federal Court will Remain at Ora
ham-BDis of Interest to Texas
introduced Yesterday.
A DOUBLE RACE.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 The Washing
ton corfespon dent Of the New York
World, who formerly resided in the
South ard knows the lay Of the land, geo.
graphically, sent the following dispatch
to that paper last evening, concerning the
departure from Washington Of the rival
candidates tor TIE Texas senatorship:
SIT was 1880 O'Clock yesterday morning
| when Congressman Reagan started, via
the Virginia Midland Railroad, for Austin,
| the Texas capital. Not more than twenty
minutes after Mr.. Reagan's train pulled
out of the passenger station one of Sena-
tor MaXey's friends reported the fact CT
Mr.. Reagan's departure. Senator MaXey
at once ordered his trunks packed
and hurried quickly TO the Baltimore and
Ohio office, where he engaged sleeping
! car accommodations for Austin, taking
| through car via st. Louis. His train
departed at $3.50. Mr.. Reagan having
a few hours the start. The
legislature convenes on Tuesday. They
are each on trains that with
the scheduled connection will land them
at the Texas capital about Tuesday
noon. 1t is question of distance, or
4 long haul against the short. The time
in transit through st. Louis, Maxey's
route, is q few hours shorter than
through New Orleans, Reagan's route.
Mr.. Reagan took breakfast ct Charlotte,
n. c., while Senator Msyey ate
brown bread and oatmeal in the
Grand Central station at Cincinnati to-
night. At So'clock Mr.. Reagan arrived
Senator Maxey crossed the great bridge
over the Mississippi at st. Louis. To-
morrow Mr.. Reagan will cross the Mis-
sissippi at New Orleans, while at that
hour Mr.. Mickey vii, have reached the
soil of his loved Texas at Texarkana.
Mr.. Reagan will not place his
Lone Star State until tomorrow
bine Pass. At the presest writing SEN
steel-railed Iron Mountain road of Jey
Gould, while Mr.. Resgan is sleeping the
sleep of the innocent IN one
OF Mr.. Pnllman's palace cars on
the Louisville and Nashville, ap-
preaching the wave-washed shores
of the gulf coast. 1t is reported tonight
that Mr. Il agan to day, after having been
informed of the departure Of Senator
Msxey, telegraphed Senator Stanford
asking PERMISSION for special engine
and car over he Atlantic system Of the
Southern Pacific from New Orleans to
San Antonio. This report, however, is
not corroborated and the chances are that
it is not well founded. at the rate at
which they are going, and with the
aid OF special engines, they will reach
Austin about daylight on Tuesday morn |
ing. Mr.. MaXey is nearer the capital
now than his rival, though the road over
which he is travelling is not of the same
smooth surface and graceful ballast that
is found on the road over which Mr.. Rea- |
gan is travelling. II is not only race
for the senstorship, but as well lively |
race as to which will be the first to greet |
the legislature on opening day."
THAT Federal. COURT.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-The committee |
on the judiciary have decided to report in |
favor of leaving the federal court at Ora
ham, at least for the present. Their con-
illusions are as follows:
The court was located in Graham in |
the northern district of Texas in 1879. |
Since that time the status of the popula- !
ton has In great measure changed |
and is yet changing. Railroads |
have been built and the |
country has settled up. New towns have |
been established and railroads are now |
being projected and built. New counties |
are being organized, and it is impossible !
to determine with reasonable certainty, |
which ought to characterize the perma- |
nent location of the court, |
just where it ought to be !
established if change is made |
at sll. Great Inconvenience results from |
the presen. location, but it is commended |
that Graham will soon be connected with |
various countiesi in the division by railroad, |
and that better facilities will be afforded |
for attending the sessions of the court. |
There is pending in the senate bill for |
establishing courts at DeLison and Paris |
in the northern and eastern iudiaial dis